Capo di Ponte (Co de Pút in camunian dialect) is an
italianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
of 2.483 abitanti in
Val CamonicaVal Camonica is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, about 90 km long. It starts from the Tonale Pass, at 1883 metres above sea level and ends at Corna Trentapassi, in the comune of Pisogne, near Lake Iseo...
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province of BresciaThe Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and the Province of Trento .Source for...
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LombardyLombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region...
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Located 362 meters above sea level, Capo di Ponte (en. "Head of Bridge") owes its name to the location of some old houses put to the west of the bridge over the River
OglioThe Oglio is a left-side tributary of the Po River in Lombardy, Italy. It is 280 km long.The Oglio is formed from the confluence of two mountain streams, the Narcanello from the Presena Glacier, and the Frigidolfo, from Lake Ercavallo, in the Stelvio National Park...
to the hamlet Cemmo. The current country instead covers the other side of the river, expanding to the east.
On the land of Capo di Ponte there are the major numebr of
rock artRock art is a term in archaeology for any man-made markings made on natural stone. They can be divided into:*Petroglyphs - carvings into stone surfaces*Pictographs - rock and cave paintings...
parks in
Val CamonicaVal Camonica is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, about 90 km long. It starts from the Tonale Pass, at 1883 metres above sea level and ends at Corna Trentapassi, in the comune of Pisogne, near Lake Iseo...
Between the XI century and the fourteenth Capo di Ponte was not a
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
, but a hamlet of Cemmo (now is the inverse); its territory was part of the priory of San Salvatore of Tezze.
In 1315 the "Imesigo" marsh, which stretched on the plain of Capo di Ponte until
SelleroSellero is a commune of 1.503 people in the province of Brescia in the middle Val Camonica....
, was covered by the flooding of the River Re.
On October 14 1336 the Bishop of Brescia Jacopo de Atti invests iure feuds for a tenth of the rights in the territories of
IncudineIncudine is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy....
, Cortenedolo, Mù, Cemmo, Zero, Viviano and Capo di Ponte to Maffeo Giroldo Botelli of
NadroNadro is an italian hamlet of the comune of Ceto , Lombardy. It has 655 inhabitants.It lies 75 km from Brescia, along the strada Statale 42 del Tonale e della Mendola and is situated in Val Camonica....
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In 1698 Father Gregorio Brunelli says that the village of Zero (or Serio), which stood along the banks of the River Re, east of the country today, was swept away by a flood of it.
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Capo di Ponte (Co de Pút in camunian dialect) is an
italianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
of 2.483 abitanti in
Val CamonicaVal Camonica is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, about 90 km long. It starts from the Tonale Pass, at 1883 metres above sea level and ends at Corna Trentapassi, in the comune of Pisogne, near Lake Iseo...
,
province of BresciaThe Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and the Province of Trento .Source for...
, in
LombardyLombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region...
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Geography
Located 362 meters above sea level, Capo di Ponte (en. "Head of Bridge") owes its name to the location of some old houses put to the west of the bridge over the River
OglioThe Oglio is a left-side tributary of the Po River in Lombardy, Italy. It is 280 km long.The Oglio is formed from the confluence of two mountain streams, the Narcanello from the Presena Glacier, and the Frigidolfo, from Lake Ercavallo, in the Stelvio National Park...
to the hamlet Cemmo. The current country instead covers the other side of the river, expanding to the east.
History
On the land of Capo di Ponte there are the major numebr of
rock artRock art is a term in archaeology for any man-made markings made on natural stone. They can be divided into:*Petroglyphs - carvings into stone surfaces*Pictographs - rock and cave paintings...
parks in
Val CamonicaVal Camonica is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, about 90 km long. It starts from the Tonale Pass, at 1883 metres above sea level and ends at Corna Trentapassi, in the comune of Pisogne, near Lake Iseo...
Between the XI century and the fourteenth Capo di Ponte was not a
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
, but a hamlet of Cemmo (now is the inverse); its territory was part of the priory of San Salvatore of Tezze.
In 1315 the "Imesigo" marsh, which stretched on the plain of Capo di Ponte until
SelleroSellero is a commune of 1.503 people in the province of Brescia in the middle Val Camonica....
, was covered by the flooding of the River Re.
On October 14 1336 the Bishop of Brescia Jacopo de Atti invests iure feuds for a tenth of the rights in the territories of
IncudineIncudine is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy....
, Cortenedolo, Mù, Cemmo, Zero, Viviano and Capo di Ponte to Maffeo Giroldo Botelli of
NadroNadro is an italian hamlet of the comune of Ceto , Lombardy. It has 655 inhabitants.It lies 75 km from Brescia, along the strada Statale 42 del Tonale e della Mendola and is situated in Val Camonica....
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In 1698 Father Gregorio Brunelli says that the village of Zero (or Serio), which stood along the banks of the River Re, east of the country today, was swept away by a flood of it. Zero has pointed out the last time in 1374, when its territory as are entrusted to the tenth of Botelli of Nadro.
With the fall of the Republic of Venice was founded the "comune of Capo di Ponte" (1797-1798), which will change the name early in "comune of Cemmo and Capo di Ponte" (from 1798 to 1815); Under the Lombardo-Veneto kingdom the name was in "comune di Capo di Ponte e Cemmo"(from 1816 to 1859). Under the Reign of Italy finally take the name of the town of Capo di Ponte (since 1859).
Religious architectures
The churches of Capo di Ponte are:
- Parish of Saint Martino, rebuilt in the eighteenth century with stone columns in Sarnico. The Soasa is by Beniamino Simoni.
- Monastery of San Salvatore
San Salvatore is the name of a number of places in Italy, including the communes of*San Salvatore di Fitalia, Province of Messina*San Salvatore Monferrato, Province of Alessandria*San Salvatore Telesino, Province of BeneventoAlso...
of Tezze
- Church of Saint Faustina and Liberata: it was handed down the legend that is so holy and Faustina Liberata, to live in penitence in a cave in the region at Capo di Ponte. They miraculously intervened to stop their hands with two boulders that threatened the village. Even today, near the church dedicated to them, you can see two huge boulders, which bear imprints of hands, and are still venerated by the people of the place.
- Oratory of St Rocco at Bridge of the seventeenth century.
- Pieve of Saint Syrus (Cemmo)
The Pieve of Saint Syrus rises in the village of Cemmo, a frazione of Capo di Ponte, at 410 meters above sea level. It was one of the pievi, or isolated churches with baptistries, in which was divided the Val Camonica...
Heritage of UNESCO n° 94
Parks of
rock Drawings in ValcamonicaThe stone carvings of Val Camonica constitute one of the largest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world and were the first World Heritage recognized by the Unesco in Italy . Unesco has recognized more than 140,000 figure , but new discoveries have progressively increased the total...
- Parco nazionale delle incisioni rupestri di Naquane (National park of stone carvings of Naquane)
- Parco archeologico comunale di Seradina-Bedolina (Municipal Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina)
- Parco archeologico nazionale dei Massi di Cemmo (National Archeological Park of Massi di Cemmo)
Traditions and folklore
The scütüm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Capo di Ponte is
Patrìcc.
External links
Historical photos - Intercam - Lombardia Beni Culturali